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Henry Luttikhuizen

Henry Luttikhuizen is the Lena Meijer Professor of Art History at Aquinas College. He has served as the president of the Midwest Art History Society and the American Association of Netherlandic Studies. With Dorothy Verkerk, he co-authored the second edition of Snyder’s Medieval Art and with Larry Silver, the second edition of Snyder’s Northern Renaissance Art. He is also co-editor of The Primacy of the Image in Northern European Art, 1400–1700. Dr. Luttikhuizen has curated numerous exhibitions, including The Humor and Wit of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Stirring the World: German Printmaking in the Age of Luther.

Dr. Luttikhuizen wrote the chapters on Jewish and Christian art in late antiquity; art of the Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean world from 500–1500; and European art from the early medieval period to the lateMiddle Ages, including Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture.

Henry Luttikhuizen

Henry Luttikhuizen is the Lena Meijer Professor of Art History at Aquinas College. He has served as the president of the Midwest Art History Society and the American Association of Netherlandic Studies. With Dorothy Verkerk, he co-authored the second edition of Snyder’s Medieval Art and with Larry Silver, the second edition of Snyder’s Northern Renaissance Art. He is also co-editor of The Primacy of the Image in Northern European Art, 1400–1700. Dr. Luttikhuizen has curated numerous exhibitions, including The Humor and Wit of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Stirring the World: German Printmaking in the Age of Luther.

Dr. Luttikhuizen wrote the chapters on Jewish and Christian art in late antiquity; art of the Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean world from 500–1500; and European art from the early medieval period to the lateMiddle Ages, including Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture.

Books by Henry Luttikhuizen

  • The History of Art: A Global View

    Monica Blackmun Visonà, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Deborah Hutton, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Jean Robertson, Stacey Sloboda

    First Edition, Paperback, 2022

  • The History of Art: A Global View: Prehistory to 1500

    Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà

    Second Edition, Volume 1, Paperback, 2026

    A flexible, global approach that helps students draw cross-cultural connections and see the big picture
  • The History of Art: A Global View: 1300 to the Present

    Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà

    Second Edition, Volume 2, Paperback, 2026

    A flexible, global approach that helps students draw cross-cultural connections and see the big picture
  • The Concise History of Art: A Global View: Prehistory to the Present

    Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-nin D. Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà

    Concise Second Edition, Paperback, 2026

    A flexible, concise global approach helps students draw cross-cultural connections and see the big picture